U23 World League

Ministry of Magic
Spectators: 8478 (Terracing: 6360, Seating: 1949, VIP seats: 169) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Anders Westerstrand made the kick off which started today's match. ■La■ ■Tristesse■ ■Durera■'s Radomir Ogrodowicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anders Westerstrand in the 5th minute of play. Zheng Chao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Fernandes in the 14th minute of play. Adriano Ribeiro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Radomir Ogrodowicz made a huge save. After 24 minutes ■La■ ■Tristesse■ ■Durera■'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Fabian Spânu who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Fabian Spânu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Radomir Ogrodowicz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 27 minutes, Wawrzyniec Cipinski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ■La■ ■Tristesse■ ■Durera■ and the The Obscurials players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to ■La■ ■Tristesse■ ■Durera■ getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Wawrzyniec Cipinski hit a great ball. ■La■ ■Tristesse■ ■Durera■'s Radomir Ogrodowicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nelson Wright in the 29th minute of play. Zheng Chao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milosz Budzyn in the 35th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adriano Ribeiro got free with Radomir Ogrodowicz in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Matias Ginter lost his temper 41 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 40 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for The Obscurials! The Obscurials:s Zheng Chao showed great skill when he stopped Milosz Budzyn:s penalty. In the 43rd minute, Fotis Kapiris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Milosz Budzyn in the 45th minute of play forced The Obscurials's goalkeeper Zheng Chao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Radomir Ogrodowicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nelson Wright, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ■La■ ■Tristesse■ ■Durera■'s Radomir Ogrodowicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Ribeiro in the 52nd minute of play. Radomir Ogrodowicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adriano Ribeiro in the 53rd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Milosz Budzyn got free with Zheng Chao in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 55th match minute, ■La■ ■Tristesse■ ■Durera■ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adam Wielgopolski to maneuver through the defense. In the 56th minute, Miroslaw Koczara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Radomir Ogrodowicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Ribeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. The corner led The Obscurials's Fabian Spânu to fire away a dangerous shot which Radomir Ogrodowicz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Radomir Ogrodowicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nelson Wright, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Radomir Ogrodowicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Ribeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. A collision led to The Obscurials getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Cliff Rowden hit a great ball. Milosz Budzyn fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zheng Chao having to interfere. 68 minutes into the match, The Obscurials's goalkeeper Zheng Chao had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Milosz Budzyn. Radomir Ogrodowicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adriano Ribeiro in the 70th minute of play. The Obscurials's Lawrance Grandison was substituted for Adriano Ribeiro. The Obscurials's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fabian Spânu in the 73rd minute. The Obscurials's Fabian Spânu was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Radomir Ogrodowicz in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 77th minute Nelson Wright shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radomir Ogrodowicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Radomir Ogrodowicz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nelson Wright's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. After a rather tough play, ■La■ ■Tristesse■ ■Durera■'s Miroslaw Koczara got a free kick in the 87th minute. Fabian Spânu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 87th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fabian Spânu made in the 94th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ■La■ ■Tristesse■ ■Durera■'s Roch Drapinski. The Obscurials were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.